Minnippi is located in the South East corner of a very large park bordered by Brisbane suburbs Carina, Carindale, Tingalpa and Cannon Hill, about 10km from the CBD. You would never guess the urban locale, as for most of the course, it seems as though you’ve been transported to the middle of a very nice…

Paul Bovington (‘Bov’) did his first parkrun at Carisbrooke parkrun in Adelaide in 2017. A regular parkrunner and volunteer with an infectious friendliness, he is well loved within the local parkrun community and is currently on the comeback from a brain bleed. ‘Bov’ is finding support and strength from his local parkrun family. …

When 52-year-old Joanna visited her GP last year she had not been 100 days without a migraine in more than 20 years. She was also not a runner. Joanna walked out that day with a prescription for Seacliff Esplanade parkrun rather than a prescription for drugs, and 100 days later not only celebrated a…

My full name is Leroy Brown Adams but my mates just call me Leroy. I’ve been to a few parkrun locations but the best ones are by the beach! That way I can con Mum into letting me cool off in the ocean. My favourite parkruns are when Mum is catching up with the…

Today is International Social Prescribing Day, which highlights the importance and significance of the health sector in using non-medical referral options to improve the health and wellbeing of patients. Options such as parkrun. Here in Australia, parkrun is keen to build on the groundbreaking #parkrunPractice initiative that was developed by parkrun UK in collaboration…

What does it take to be a Wonder Woman? If you ask mother of three and parkrunner Kylee Davie “it takes the courage to believe anything is possible”. Kylee has twice been told her daughter Veronika would never walk. “After her first MRI as a one week old and then again before hip…

Campbelltown parkrun is 3% underground, incorporating two tunnels out and back, making for four tunnels in total. For at least 3kms of the course there is a water canal to run/walk aside and you pass by two first grade cricket ovals. The course is all on path, making it pram, dog and wheelchair friendly, but some may…

This is the story of Priscilla and Ray who found each other through parkrun and fell in love! Ray Walsh got involved with parkrun because he was looking for things to do outside of work to meet people. His colleague recommended he check out parkrun, so he went to parkrun in April of 2016….

Hi, my name is Benji and I am a 4-year-old English X American Staffordshire Bull Terrier and my parkrun home is Hastings Foreshore in Victoria. I haven’t always lived here though. When I was 3 my family adopted me from the RSPCA in Launceston in Tasmania. My fur brother, Badger, was getting too old…